Building Green for the Future

THIS WEEK: Wish more of your tax dollars could stay in your pocket? This week Planet Forward spoke with some experts at the US Green Building Council about the potential savings in building more efficient schools!

FROM OUR BLOG: Check out USGBC's statistics on improving schools and universities around the country and how much it can save in this week's guest blog. Also check out PFF-er, Fuzz Hogan's blog postabout combining community schools with green schools for the best of both worlds!

FROM OUR NEWSDESK: We could use the savings too, according tothis articlesubmitted by Planet Forward'sCharlie Rybak which says the U.S. is seeing the most expensive natural disasters in history!